Woman of the Year Page #5

- I'll be glad to give it to him.

Hey, punchy. You.

Come on over here. You be Braddock.

- Take care of this, will you?

- Don't let him. He'll drive you nuts.

Shut up, will you, honey?

All right, take your stance.

Now, this guy Braddock,

a very smart, cagey boxer...

...starts peppering me with light lefts.

All right, go ahead, pepper.

I'm taking it, see?

I wait for an opening with me right

cocked. First round, pepper.

Second round, pepper.

Third round, pepper.

I catch him in the corner, feint with my

left, his guard comes down...

What are you trying to do,

crab up my story?

Come on, get up, you dope.

Braddock didn't go down till the seventh.

I hit him again.

All right, get up, get up.

He's groggy, he's hanging on the ropes.

I wind up a terrific right and:

He hits me three in a row.

- You get rid of yours, I'll get rid of mine.

- All right, how?

- Well, what about...?

- See, Sammy?

I told you not to start him off.

He's like a hophead with that yarn.

Hello.

Say, Sammy. Whose dump is this?

I don't want to get personal, but...

...I don't get it.

- This is our dump. See, Tess is my wife.

What do you know! That's wonderful!

Oh, don't take it wrong, Mrs. Craig.

I'm just so excited. When did you do it?

- Today.

- Who'd have thought that you two...?

What's the matter with you two?

Don't you wanna be alone?

Just leave it to little Flo.

Come on, Pinkie. We gotta beat it.

- I ain't knocked him out yet.

- Knock him out later.

- We're going to Pinkie's.

- What is this?

- Quiet, or I'll let you have it.

- Well, all right.

- All right, then. Come on, grandpa.

- Come on, doc, we'll go to my place.

What's the matter?

Come on, come on, let's get going.

- Looks like Krakowitz again.

- No, number 17's Donato.

The ball was carried by Donato,

tackled by Loomis and Fry. First down...

They're crazy.

I could tell it was Donato

by the way he raised his knee.

Here's the shift to the right.

Sweep out around the end.

Murphy carrying the ball.

He turns on a cutback,

tries to find a hole, loses his...

- Fifteen seconds.

- They got time for a pass.

- They haven't caught two passes.

- Not calling time out.

Too late to do them any good.

The shift box formation to the

right. A reverse and spinner...

... behind scrimmage.

This may be the play that does it.

He's going to the sidelines.

He's knocked out of bounds.

And there's the gun for the end

of the ball game.

There you are.

Words that'll live forever.

- They're cold enough.

- Let's grab a cab to the Blackstone.

Let's walk. We miss speeches

and get liquor.

- Those steaks. Remember last year?

- Yeah, but I'm catching the train home.

Are you nuts? This is Saturday night,

even in Chicago.

A day on a train

is a day on a train. Even Sunday.

You got it bad. Now, I'm a family man,

I love my wife...

...but free steaks and beer!

- The first months a guy's married...

...he acts as though it was

gonna be the last.

Yesterday's parley

must be acclaimed a...

Hello, Daddy.

Even in a period replete with

developments of climactic significance...

...the parley is a major landmark.

Be with you in 2 minutes.

I have one paragraph left.

- "Is a major landmark."

- Yeah. Tariffs have been the historic...

- Fly in the ointment.

- Fly in the ointment of foreign policy.

- Is what's-her-name around? I'm hungry.

- I gave her the weekend off.

In ordinary times, the internal conflicts

between domestic financial interests...

...are unfortunate. In a national crisis,

they may be fatal.

Now that the problem of beef... Now

that the problem of beef is settled...

...we hope for a quick solution for the

other beefs which thwart national unity.

- TIME used the same gag last week.

- You're cute.

So we can look forward with greater

confidence to the grim...

Greater confidence to the

grim months ahead.

I think that's all, Gerald.

Look.

Notice anything different?

Sure, you've got your hat on.

- It's a new hat.

- Oh, I like it.

I was hoping you'd notice.

I've needed one for some time.

I said I like it. It's a fine hat.

I'm glad you bought it.

Be with you in two minutes.

Sorry you don't like it.

I said I liked it.

Pardon me. Miss Harding says,

if you're making eggs, she'd like some.

All right.

She said I should tell you

if I was hungry too.

I am.

Hello. Yes.

Seor Armato? Just a minute.

- Tess, Seor Armato.

- I don't want to speak. He's a pest.

She doesn't want to speak to you.

You're a pest.

- That's all, Gerald.

- All right, Miss Harding. Thank you.

- Goodbye. Goodbye, Mr. Craig.

- Yeah.

Well?

Tell me about the game.

- Did you read my story?

- I'm going to, but I was in a rush.

I can tell you had fun. It's wonderful

your work keeps you outdoors so much.

Why don't you tell me all about it.

Who won?

- It was a tie, 13-13.

- Did they play an extra inning...

...or whatever?

- In football, a game ends...

...when it ends, no matter the score.

The big thing was a new shift

Notre Dame used.

- Was it really?

- The line spreads out all over the place.

Any one of the backs might take it.

You figure it's gonna be a pass,

you see, but the twist...

Gosh, must've been exciting.

What else?

What else would you like to know?

- What did you do after the game?

- I drove to the railroad station.

That's where I bought my new hat.

There's a hat store there.

- It's the best one in Chicago.

- Chicago?

I had a feeling at the time.

That's really funny.

- What's funny?

- I was in Chicago yesterday.

- I don't get it.

- A conference. The government...

...called a meeting. I flew out.

- What time?

- 1:
00.

- How long were you there?

- I left about 5:45.

- I got through about 5:30.

- We could've come home together.

- It didn't occur to me.

- There was so much...

- Why didn't it? It would to me.

I don't know why it's such an issue.

How could I have told you?

- Call the press box at Soldier's Field.

- I couldn't know that.

- Your whole point's about nothing.

- It's not whether we could have...

...it's you never thought of it.

- How do you know?

- You just said you didn't.

Well, all right.

Yesterday, I wasn't anxious enough

to be with you.

So we're even.

How do you figure that out?

Because...

...today you aren't anxious enough

to be with me.

If you were, you wouldn't waste

all this time arguing.

- Gonna put Red in?

- This is marvelous.

This is great being on the inside,

right on the player's bench.

You must have influence, Sam.

Hey, suppose I could work this sometime

when you're not around?

Where did I pick you up this morning?

Secretary of state's office?

- Sure. Why?

- I'm a man with influence.

- Where'd you play?

- Tackle.

- No, what college did you go to?

- I went to lots of colleges.

Have a chew?

Thanks.

Best I could find.

- The picture and the son-in-law.

- Thanks.

I'm gonna give you a treat.

Is that the stuff they carry around

in those political portfolios?

It'll dissolve an aspirin tablet

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